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Very Little ... Almost Nothing - Death, Philosophy and Literature (Paperback, 2nd edition) Loot Price: R1,206
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Very Little ... Almost Nothing - Death, Philosophy and Literature (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Simon Critchley

Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

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'This is a very brave book ...it makes philosophical conversation possible again after two decades of pragmatist intolerance.' - Roger Poole, Parallax '(T)his is an often beautifully written philosophical act of mourning ...It also commands respect because it obliges one to examine the fictions one employs to avoid really doing philosophy. Critchley's steadfastly post-Kantian rejection of theological answers to the questions he asks is very welcome.' - Andrew Bowie, Radical Philosophy 'Very Little ...Almost Nothing manages with some aplomb, to pull off the extraordinarily difficult task of saying something new and interesting about Beckett and Blanchot.' - Martin McQuillan, New Formations ' Critchley keeps his writings for the most part powerful and elegant, wide-ranging but well-focussed. The book is at all times sibylline, moving, insightful, explorative.' - Colin Davis, French Studies Very Little ...Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism and Cavell, culminating in a reading of Beckett, in many ways the hero of the book. For this Second Edition, Simon Critchley has added a revealing and extended new preface, and a new chapter on Wallace Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy. 'Simon Critchley's readings of Schlegel, Blanchot and Beckett are remarkably nuanced and perceptive. Much more than an excellent companion to the study of the intertwinings of philosophy and literature, it is an admirable meditation on the ubiquity of finitude and its ungraspability.' - Jacques Taminiaux, Boston College 'Altogether beautifully written, with rich and deep insights. It is the most original and enlightening book I know about the so-called nihilism of present times and its genealogy and a key book for the understanding of the contemporary condition of man.' - Michel Haar, Universite de Paris 'A wonderfully lucid and readable account of the issues that, despite the modesty of Simon Critchley's title, are of infinite concern and urgency to thought today. interest in philosophy, but by everyone ...whether their involvement is in literary criticism, literary theory, or simply in reading itself ...who has a care for the possibilities and the demands of tomorrow.' - Leslie Hill, University of Warwick

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy
Release date: May 2004
First published: 2004
Authors: Simon Critchley
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Edition: 2nd edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-34049-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN: 0-415-34049-7
Barcode: 9780415340496

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